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250 Word Album Review: Have Gun, Will Travel – Science From An Easy Chair
Have Gun, Will Travel are no strangers to making music at this point with several albums under their belt. When you are good musicians who can write good songs you need to keep yourself interested in what you are doing. … Continue reading
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250 Word Album Review – Ashley Raines & The New West Revue – I’ll Fight: A Collection of Cover Songs
The consistently productive Ashley Raines returns with a small collection of cover songs. Before hearing a note it is instantly interesting for the section of covers alone. The title track is taken from possibly America’s greatest living band, Wilco. On … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Ike Reilly – Born On Fire
Ike Reilly is so underrated it makes orphan children cry themselves to sleep. Alright, maybe not but the fact that he isn’t a more well know act if baffling. If you’ve never listened to Reilly before this is as good … Continue reading
Album at a glance: The Kansas City Bear Fighters – The Planet Where We Fell In Love
The Kansas City Bear Fighters are peculiar enough to be very interesting. Their throwback style of acoustic strums and picks along with a draping of accordion in their music make it unique and turn heads fairly easily. Their harmonies are … Continue reading
Album at a glance: Black Luck (formerly Black On Black) – Firebrand EP
It is so tempting to call Black Luck (formerly Black On Black) a punk band but they just doesn’t quite fit the bill. The punk mentality and aggressiveness is there; the music is just too full. The thin, tinny guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged album at a glance, album review, Black Luck, Black on Black, EP, Firebrand, record review
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Ashley Raines & The New West Revue – After The Bruising
David Byrne once said that singing was a trick to get people to listen to music longer than they would ordinarily, Ashley Raines takes the opposite approach. Raines has a lot to say and he uses the mood of his … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: James Williamson – Re-Licked
James Williamson was in The Stooges and he will always be linked to them. He embraces that (and uses it) on his “solo” album Re-Licked. The album is exactly what it sounds like, Williamson going through the Stooges vaults and … Continue reading
Album at a glance: The Shivers – Charades
Shivers got lost in the indie rock shuffle of the 2000s. In the days when Saddle Creek was thriving as a label and indie acts were moving records like never before, a ton of good bands just got shuffled into … Continue reading
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Album at a glance: Paul Collins – Feel The Noise
Paul Collins holds steady with a sound he has had for years with his album Feel The Noise. Collins lets his age show just enough in the songs here to not make it seem like he is just trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 stars, album at a glance, album review, Feel The Noise, Paul Collins, record review, The Beat
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250 Word Album Review: Centro-matic – Take Pride In Your Long Odds
Will Johnson’s lyrics are the key to Centro-matic. Even with this being true the sonics of the band fight this song by song by trying to obscure the lyrics. The four-piece band consistently comes up with interesting textures for each … Continue reading
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